Road test: Peugeot will make you purr

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No wonder they call this Peugeot the Feline: just look at those lines.

A five-door, sporty variant of the popular 208, the Feline comes with a punchy 1,560cc diesel producing 115 bhp, enough for a 0-62mph dash of 9.7 secs (it actually feels faster than the figures suggest) and a top speed of 118mph. And all wrapped up in the familiar Peugeot family style. Inside, the sporty theme continues and there’s plenty of cabin space up front, while rear seat passengers are also generally well catered for.

The boot is a good size and, on up-spec models such as the Feline, you get the useful 60/40 split in the rear seat. The car feels sporty and fun to drive, the impression heightened by light steering around town. On faster roads, it turns into bends crisply, although body control over rough surfaces isn’t this car’s forte.